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No. 232,388. Patented sept. 21,1880.

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I`UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICEo CLINTON O. BUELL, OF ROOK FALLS, ILLINOIS, AND JOHN G. OUDWORTH, OF ANAMOSA, IOWA,

MILK-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 232,388, dated September 21, 1880.

Application tiled May 5, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern, Y

Be it known that we, CLINTON C. BUELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Falls, in the county of Whiteside and State of Illinois, and JOHN G. GUDWORTH, of Anamosa, Jones county, Iowa, have invented certain new and Yuseful Improvements in Milk- Ooolers; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of 1o the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make aud use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or ligures ofret'erence marked thereon, which form a part ot' this specification.

Our invention has reference to an improved milk-cooler 5 and the improvement attained therein is inthe increased convenience in skimming and measuring the cream or pouring off 2o the latter and discharging the milk.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved cooler, with one side broken away to show the interior parts thereof. Fig. 2- is a longitudinal vertical section of the same.

Ais a rectangular cooler-chest, which, to insure against leaking, we line with zine or other metal. Into the coolerA the milk-cans B are intended to descend until the upper edges of the latter are about on the same plane 3o with the upper edges of the chest A. This is desirable in order to bring the cool water against as large a portion as possible of the sides of the pan B, and to bring the water on the outside of the pans B to a full level with the milk in such pan.

The water is let into the cooler through a hole near the bottom at any side, and the same hole serves to draw the water out, it' so desired, at any time.

In order t permit the can B to sit low in the water, and at the same time to be convenient for skimming and discharging the milk, we provide the bllowing-dcscribed mechanism: To the outside of the front end ot' the can B we affix the duplex curved rods D D,

having their front ends pivoted to the inner wall of the` chest A, and interconnected inwardly by their horizontal portion d, which rotates in the sleeve e, attached to the'outside 5o of the front end of the can B. At the rear end `such bends engaging the upper edge of the of the can B are the horizontal bars f, which play lengthwise in the sleeves g g, attached to the outsideof the can B. The bars f have two bends-the one, h 71 on the same plane with the sleeves g g, and the other, '1I t', about 55 on a level with the top of the can B.

When it is intended to bring the milk in the can to the level of the water the back of the can B is hung ou the bends i i of the bars f,

6o chest A, as shown in Fig. 1. In this position the pin 7c is turned with its head projecting over the center bar of the bars f, and prevents the can B from rising when the height ot' the water should exceed that ot' the milk in the can.

When it is desired to raise the can B from the Water, for convenience in skimming and measuring the cream, the can is thrown forward and upon the curved rods DD,by means of the lever m, until the sleeves g g are on a level with the upper edge of the chestA, when the bars f are drawn back and rest on the bends h h, on the upper edge of the chest A. This is the rst position shown in dotted line, 75 Fig. 2.

The curved rods D D readily adjust themselves to carry the front end of the can B to the level oi' the two positions last named of such can. When the lever m is'not in use it is readily` withdrawn from its socket n to permit the lid ot' the chest to close.

When it is desired to pour off the cream or discharge the milk the can B is readily tilted over the front edgeof the chest A, as shown in the dotted lines in Fig. 2, thecurved rodsD D carrying the front end of the can B sufficiently forward for the purpose of allowing the cream or milk to pour out at the spout I).

Any desired number of cans may be used in one cooling-chest.

We are aware that a pan supported `upon and adaptedto slide endwise on a hinged bail having downward bends, whereby said pan is suspended down in the water in a tank, and adapted to be tilted, through' the medium of said bail, so that the cream may be run ed' into a suitable receptacle, is old, and such construction we do not wish to be understood as claiming, broadly, as of our invention. In our eon- :oe n

chest A, of the can B, connected thereto at one end by the curved pivoted rods D, and supported at its rear end by the adjustable bars f, whereby the can is adapted to be thrown forward and raised so as to project above the top of the case, and subsequently tilted for 15 discharging its contents, substantially as specifled.

-In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence ot' two witnesses.

CLINTON C. BUELL. JOHN G. OUDWORTH.

Witnesses to C. G. Buells signature:

E. E. BECKER, OYRUs KEER. Witnesses t0 John Gr. Cudworths signature:

JOHN H. CHAPMAN, BENJAMIN T. VHITE. 

